The Louvre (French: Musee du Louvre) in Paris, is the most visited and famous art museum in the world.The structure is located on the Right Bank in the 1er arrondissement between the Seine River and the Rue de Rivoli.The structure originated as the palace during the Capetian dynasty under the reign of Philip II. The building holds some of the world’s most famous works of art, such as Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, Jacques Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People and Alexandros of Antioch’s Venus de Milo. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point of the “axe historique”, but the palace is not aligned on this axis. Priority admission to the Louvre ‘ s permanent collection .

Permanent Collection
The museum is open every day except Tuesday and the following French holidays:December 25, January 1, and May 1. Free the first Sunday of the month ( Nov – March ) Opening hours : Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Friday: from 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. closed on Tuesday Rooms begin closing 30 minutes before museum closing time. On December 24 and 31, 2011 (Saturdays), the museum will close at 5 p.m.(ticket windows will close at 4 p.m., rooms will begin closing at 4:30 p.m.). Entrances to the museum (open every day except Tuesday : Pyramid and Galerie du Carrousel entrances: from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Passage Richelieu entrance: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Porte des Lions entrance: from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Friday.